Tag Archives: Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

Mazyn Barash said he was subjected to racist speech and was the butt of offensive jokes on the job at Suburban Mobility Authority, or SMART. Barash, an American Citizen of Iraqi descent, said that one of his co-workers, Rodney Bolton, ...

Plaintiff James Cates, a deputy paramedic for Genesee County, sought compensatory damages from defendants David Krish and Genesee County on claims of continuous harassment on the basis of his Native American heritage. Cates asid that the racially derogatory remarks from ...

Where plaintiff claims defendants prevented her construction company from bidding on jobs in violation of Article 3 of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), MCL 37.2301 et seq., the trial court correctly dismissed the suit. Defendants are not places of ...

The trial court correctly dismissed plaintiff’s employment discrimination claim because it was not timely filed under a contractual limitations period. Further, there are no provisions in 42 U.S.C 1981 that trump the agreed-upon limitations period. Facts “Defendant hired plaintiff as ...

On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the September 21, 2011 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave ...

A health care provider can’t discriminate based on the marital status of the patient, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel held. The provider, an in vitro fertilization (IVF) center, had notified the plaintiff in an email that it wouldn’t provide ...

In a lawsuit filed in Ingham County Circuit Court, plaintiff Michael Clum sought compensatory damages from defendant Jackson National Life Insurance Co. (JNL) on claims of discriminatory job termination. Clum was employed by JNL for 10 years. Though he had ...

Where plaintiff sued defendant, Grand Rapids Fertility & IVF, P.C. (GRFI), based on marital-status discrimination under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, (ELCRA), for refusing to provide in vitro fertilization (IVF) services to her because she was single, the trial court ...

The trial court correctly dismissed plaintiff’s employment-discrimination claims against a recruiting and management firm that her employer hired. Plaintiff was unable to establish that the management firm was liable on an agency theory because there was no evidence that firm ...

Where plaintiff sued defendant, Grand Rapids Fertility & IVF, P.C. (GRFI), based on marital-status discrimination under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, (ELCRA), for refusing to provide in vitro fertilization (IVF) services to her because she was single, the trial court ...